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A MATTESON TYPE WRITING MAOHINE.

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ADELBERT MATTESON, OFI'PORTLAQND, OREGON.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,349, datedSeptember 8, 1896.

' Application filed July 26,1893. Seria11lo."481,578. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADELBERT MATTESON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, Multnomah county, State of Oregon, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Type-Writing and Type-Setting Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings as forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to that class of typewriters or printing-machineswhereby one or more letters or characters, constituting part of a wordor even a whole word or other representation of an idea, may be printedat the same time with a single manipulation of the hand to affordrapidity in writing; butin the practical use of my invention the same isintended as an adjunct to the printing-office, being a machine by meansof which the matter of the manuscript may be set to type for printing insubstantially the same manner as such matter could be written on thetypewriter, the letters or characters being stamped or pressed into thesurface of a sheet of metal or other material susceptible of receivingan impression placed upon the'platen, and which sheet, after havingreceived the impressions of the characters to be printed, is thenprovided with a suitable backing, as, e. t].,'described in LettersPatent'to Benj. B. Huntoon, dated May 11, 1875, No. 163,204, to form amatrix or inta'glio-mold from which a stereotype may be made.

To further facilitate this use of my invention, I have constructed thesame so that the type-bars are contained in an independent anddetachable frame which may be removed from the cooperating mechanism andsubstituted by another frame holding a set of typebars of diiferentstyle or character to enable one to do different styles of printing withthe same machine. This, in brief, is an outline V of the object ofmyinvention. The construction, use, and advantages thereof will appearfrom the accompanying drawings, which are referred to as a part of thisspecification, and

which represent as follows:

Figure 1 is a plan of my machine complete, the stand therefor, however,not being shown and some parts broken away to avoid confusion, and theparts 16 and 165, seen in dotted lines, representing the bars 16 and 16of the carriage for the type-bars thrown forward, and a few of thetype-bars being also shown in dotted lines thrown against the platen tohelp the description thereof. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the samemechanism seen in- Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial plan of the bed-plate onwhich the frame holding the type-bars is supported, and this figurefurthershows in part (7) the mechanism for shifting the position of theplaten and part of the mechanism (8, 9, and 9') for lifting the platen,its carriage, and supports to write upper or lower case letters, as itmay be. Figs. 4 and 5 are details which will be referred to again in thecourse of my description of my invention. Fig. 6 is an end elevation ofthe mechanism seen in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 7 is avertical section on theline a a of Figs. 1 and 13. Fig. 8 is a partial front elevation of theplaten and its supporting and operating mechanism. Figs.

9 and 10 are details of my type-bars, of the frame for holding the same,and of the carriage for conveying the bars against the platen, thesefigures illustrating how said parts cooperate with each other. Figs. 11and 12 are details of construction of a part of the platen-operatin gmechanism and of the type ends of the type-bars, which details can bebetter explained in the description of my invention hereinafter. Fig. 13is a front elevation of the platen, its cooperating and supportingmechanism and oontrivances. Fig. 14 is an elevation of the stand for mymachine and treadle for operating the carriage conveying or throwing thetype-bars against the platen. Fig. 15 is a partial perspective view ofthe frame holding the type-bars to show the construction thereof;andFig. 16 is a detail of the platen-operating mechanism, which willalso be explained later.

The figures represent-the parts referred to in describing mymechanism.

In Fig. 14, as mentioned, the stand of my machine is shown, and mayconsist of a bed-. plate 14, supported on a standard or post 13, havingthree legs, one in the rear, 13, and two in front, 13 and 13.

The front legs are provided with bearings 13 in which a rod having atreadle 10, rigidly mounted thereon, is pivoted. A pair of arms or bars11, provided with a fork at the upper ends 12, are also rigidly mountedon mechanism for the present, the bed-plate lt' supports the frame 15,holding the type-bars 3. A perspective and enlarged view of this x frameis shown in Fig. 15, and consists of the bars 15, having mounted thereonat their front ends a segment-shaped bearing or guiding frame 15 forholding one end of the type bars, (see Fig. 2.) and anothersegment-shaped bearing or guiding frame 15, mounted on their other endsfor holding the other ends of such type-bars.

The front bearing or guiding frame 15 consists of the vertical end bars15, upper and lower segment-bars 15, a series of vertical bars 15 and aseries of longitudinal segmentbars 15 (see also Fig. 9,) and the saidrear bearing or guiding frame 15, above referred to, consists of avertical segment-plate provided with a series of horizontal slots 15 andsprings 15 The figure 15 and its derivatives relates and refersgenerally to my frame or some part of the frame for holding thetypebars.

The latter are radially arranged and sup ported in such frame in fourbanks 3 3, 3 and 3 the figure 3 in any form being used for designatingthe type-bars and their details of construction.

The frame 15 merely rests on the bed-plate 14, the front end of suchframe being provided with two lug-pins, which are placed in the twosmall countersunk bearings 14, and the ends of the bars 15 project atrifle beyond the segment-guidin g frame 15 and such projecting ends areshaped as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4; and when the frame 15 isplaced in position the end of such bars 15 are inserted against the lugs14c on the bedplates 14, (see Fig. 3,) under the plate 14, affixed onsuch lugs and projecting over the same, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5. Thisconstruction is intended to provide means for steadily holding the frame15 on the bedplate and yet adapt such frame and with it the carriage 16to be easily removed for substitution by another frame and carriagecontaining type-bars of different style, as above explained.

Referring now to Fig. 2, it will be observed that all type-bars radiallyconverge toward a common point in a vertical plane, which point may bedesignated as printing-point, that is to say, that the ends of theuppermost bank of type-bars 3" are inclined considerably downward, thoseof the next following bank 3 not quite so much, and the bars of banks 3and 3 being, respectively, inclined upward, the lower more so than theupper. The object of such construction is to bring all the type-carryingends of the type-bars within the same stroke-plane, so that all bars ofany of the banks will do their printing or impressing within the samehorizontal line on the platen. I

In their vertical width all type-bars are of equal dimension. In theirhorizontal thickness they differ from each other in substantially theproportion in which the respective letters differ from each other, andthus each bar will be of no greater thickness than the character on theprinting end thereof may require. By this arrangement the letters andcharacters may be printed more solidly, narrow and Wide letters orcharacters not all requiring the same space; but .the type-bars must bemade of sufficient strength to be inflexible and not vibrate laterallywhen thrown against the platen in printing.

Each of the type-bars is further provided with a lug 3 (see Fig. 9) anda spring 3. The former serves as a means for moving,

and also as a stop for such type-bars when returned to their normalplace after having been thrown against the platen to make a print orimpression, and the spring 3 brings the top of the type-bar, which has alittle notch against the lower edge of the longitudinal segment-bars 15of the front bearing or guiding frame 15 to lock the type-bars in placeuntil disengaged by pressing on their fingerpiece or key 3.

The type-carrying ends 3 (see Fig. 12) of the type-bars of the same bankare formed and adapted to present a straight printingface, as shown.

In the normal position, that is to say, while at rest, the type-bars 3are contained in their supporting-frame in the position seen in Fig. 2,their rear ends resting in the slots 15 in the vertical segment-plate 15and their front ends restingin the spaces or vertical slots occasionedby the crossing of the segmentbars 15 and the vertical bars 15 of theguiding-frame 15 While in this position the notches in the upper edge ofsaid bars will be locked with the bars 15 as before mentioned, thesprings 3 resting on the bars 15 and supporting and holding said ends ofsuch type-bars in place.

The longitudinal slots 15 of the guidingframe 15 for the rear end of thetype-bars are of sufficient length to allow some play and free movementof the type-bars when thrown against the platen, and the springs 15auto-- matically keep the said ends of the type-bars together withoutinterfering with their operation.

7e may next consider the carriage for conveyin g and throwing the typebars 3 against the platen for impressing or printing, and which carriageand its parts I will designate by the numeral 16 and derivativesthereof. Such carriage consists (see Figs. 2, 9, and 10) of two sideframes or sections 16, each provided with two vertical plates or posts16, between each two pair of which posts are riveted a series of foursegment-bars 16 and 16 located one above the other.

The carriage is mounted on suitable friction-wheels 16 adapted to travelon the rails 17, mounted on the bed-plate 14, the segmentbars 16 and 16extending longitudinally betweenthe type-bars 3, as shown in Figs. 2, 9,and 10. The carriage is operated by the two arms 11, which are attachedto the rod, of which the 'treadle is mounted, as above mentioned, andthe fork end 12 of which arms 11 grip studs 16 on each side suchcarriage, and as the treadle 10 is operated by the foot the carriage ismoved forward and back again, the extreme movement thereof beingindicated in Figs. 1 and 2 in dotted lines. By means of this carriagethe type-bars are thrown against the platen, the operation be-' ing asfollows:

It will be observed from Fig. 10 that the segment-bar 16 of the carriagehas a shoulder, and that at the rear end of the type-bar is a button orstud 3 Thus by pressing on the finger piece or key of any of thetype-bars such button or stud 3 is depressed into engagement with thesaid shoulder of one of the segment-bars 16 of the carriage, and by nowoperating the treadle 10 the arms 11 will propel the carriage forward,and with it the type-bar which has been depressed by striking its key,The type-bar carriage does not quite convey the type-bars up to theplaten, but the momentum obtained by the type-bars in their travelcompletes the work and throws the same against the platen withsufficient force to make a uniform imprint or' impression. By thenmoving the treadle in an opposite direction the arms'll will move thetype-bar carriage back toward its first position, and while so doing thesegment-bar under the particular type bar or bars which has beenprinting will come in engagement with the little lug 3 under therespective type-bars and returnthe'latter back in their normal position.One or anynumber of typebars may be depressed at the same time toimpress or imprint either a part or even a whole word at once; and it isimmaterial whether such type-bars be all of. the same bank or ofdifferent banks. There must be some blank or space type-bars to allowseveral short words to be printed at once.

The platen against which the type-bars are thrown is a roller 18, (seeFigs. 1 7 ,and 13,) having a covering of rubber or other impressiblematerial, and the ends of the shaft 19 thereof are mounted between twovertical plates .20, which are held together by two rods or braces 21and 22, extending longitudinally, the upper of which proj ects a triflebeyond the plates 20, and such projecting points of said bar or brace 21and two short pivots 23 on the .outside-of each of said plates providethe means for-suspending such platen and its frame in the vertical endplates 24 of its carriage, part of the outline of such plates 24 beingshown in dotted lines. (See Fig. 7 Said plates 24 of the platen-carriageare held together by bars or braces 25, 26, and 27, and suchplates arefurther provided with two circular perforations, through which the bars28 and .29, constituting the bearings for the platen-carriage, extendhorizontally between the two vertical plates 30. The platencarriage isfurther provided with a ratchet, and on the right end of the shaft ofthe plate, which shaft projects somewhat beyond the plate 24 of theplaten-carriage, is a ratchet-wheel which cooperates with a pawl 33,pivoted to a lifter or lever 34, as will be seen from Figs. 7 and 8, andsuch ratchet-wheel and pawl constitute part of the means for turning theplaten to raise the paper, metallic sheet, or other material to beimprinted or impressed, so as to write a lower line. The said pawl 33 ispivoted to a knee 34, the loose end of which knee rests on a plate 39,supported pivotally at one edge 38, as shown in Fig. 7, between the endplates 30, and said plate 39 is operated by means of a rod 35,horizontally supported at one side of the bed-plate, and the front endof which rod 35 is pivoted to a bell-crank 36, provided with a button36, and theother end of the rod 35 being pivoted to a rod 37, de-.pending from said plate 39, and thus by depressing the bell-crank 36 theplate 39 will be lifted, raising the knee 34 and the pawl 33, operatingthe ratchetwheel;32, on the platen, by which operation the latter willbe turned.

The platen, by reason of being supported only 011 the pivots 21 and 23,may be removed "and substituted by another when necessary.

In the operating of my machine the platen travels from right to left,and such traveling is accomplished by the following mechanism: The bar31 is ratchet-faced on both its upper and lower sides. 40 is acontrivance (see a top view thereof in Figs. 1 and 11 and a frontelevation in Fig. 13) adapted vto move and automatically adjust itselflaterally on two rods 41 and 42, extending horizontally in front of theplaten-carriage. Said device 40 is provided with a plate 43, set at abevel and which constitutes a self-adjustable wall of my funnel-guide44, which is provided for guidingthe type-bars, as will be explainedlater.

To the back of the contrivance 40 are pivoted two little pawls 45 and46, (see also Fig. 16,) one a little longer than the other,whichcooperate with the upper ratchet-face of the bar 31. The object ofhaving one pawl alittle longer than the other is to make one of the samerest between two teeth while :the other pawl is engaging one of theteeth .of such ratchet-bar, the result being toafforda whole or halfspace to accommodate either a broad 'or thin letter. The funnel-shapedtype-bar guide 44 is fastened to the bed-plate 14 in front of the platenat a central point between the end plates30, and consists of a rigidwall 47, the adjustable wall 43, (a part of the contrivance 40,) thefloor-plate 48, and

the roof or hood 49, the said four sides 47,

48, 49, and 43 of such funnel-guide all converging toward some centralpoint, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. As a type-bar is thrown toward theplaten the adjustable wall-plate of said funnel-guide43 will be pushedaside, as shown in Fig. 13, to make room for the typebar inits'passageto the surface of the platen.

In so doing the contrivance is moved either a half or whole space to theright, according to the thickness of the type-bars o1- type-bar makingthe impression, the pawl-lever 70 be ing engaged by the toe or bar 71 asthe platen moves toward the left to stop the latter fromtraveling toofar. Upon the typebars now being withdrawn or returned by their carriageto their normal position the coil-spring will move the contrivance 40,and with it the plate 43, back to its normal position, as seen in Fig.1, and in so doing either one of the pawls 45 or 46 will engage theratchet-bar 31 and move the platen-carriage either a Whole or a halfspace to the left in proportion to the space occupied by the type bar orbars which have just before made an imprint.

The lever 7 is provided for laterally shifting the position of theplaten, the same being pivoted to the bed-plate 14 at 7. 7 is a shortlever pivoted at 7 to the lever 7. 7 is a bar pivoted to the bed-plate14 at 7, and 7 f is a coil-sprin engaging the upper end of the bar 7 anddrawing the same toward the right. Upon pressing the ends of the lever 7and 7 together this will cause a lug 7 on the end of the lever 7 to bebrought in contact with the bar 7 and move the same to the left, andwith it the right-angle rod 51, pivotally supported on 'two rods 52 and53, (see Fig. 13,) and this operation will bring a finger 54, attachedto the angle-rod 51, under the pawls 45 and 46, lift the same off theratchet-bar, and the platen-carriage is then free to be laterallyadjusted in any desired position, the scale 55, Fig. 1, assisting suchlateral adjustment of the platen, and another scale may be provided infront of the platen, as in type-writers, so that by adjusting thepointer 56 in position on the scale the position of the platen may beexactly adjusted.

After printing on one line to the end thereof, and the platen is movedback to its starting-point on the right, a toe 72, Fig. 13, engages theplate 39, on which rests the knee 34, and lifts such plate 39, causingthe pawl 33 to engage the ratchet-wheel 32 on the platen and to turn thelatter and the sheet thereon to print a lower line.

In Fig. 6 I show the mechanism for moving the platen-carriage a singlespace, and consists of a vertical spring-pawl 66, (see also Fig. 2,) asegment ratchet-bar 67, rigidly attached to the front end of the lever 7and adapted by friction-wheels 68 or otherwise to travel on a plate 69;aflixed to the front end of the bed plate or frame 14; and by depress ing the button of said vertical sprin g-pawl 66 the platen-carriage,through the agency of the lever 7, may be moved one or more spaces tothe left.

The printing ends of the type-bars may be provided with upper and lowercase letters, in which case it would be necessary to have means forlifting the platen. To provide therefor, the end plates 30 are furnishedwith cars 57, Figs. 1, 2, and 13, inserted on rods 58, supported onacross-bar 60, attached to the bed-plate 14; and the plates 30 may belifted to raise the platen for printing a lower or upper case letter byoperating a crankhandle 61, (see Fig. 1,) moving a pair of crankarms 62on the rod 63, operating the rods 59, and with these the toggle-joints64.

shows a ribbon for inking the type in case one desires to make animprint on paper only. Means must also be provided for moving theribbon, but as such ribbon is not a material part of my invention andsuitable mechanism to accomplish such moving of the ribbon. beingalready known and in use on type-writers I do not deem it necessary toillustrate or describe the same.

The keys or finger-pieces of the type-bars will of course be providedwith the facsimile of the letter or character on the printing end of thetype-bar.

Having thus described my invention, now what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, the platen, the horizontally-arranged type-barshaving depressible ends provided with finger-pieces, the reciprocatingcarriage, means whereby the depression of the type-bars through theirfingerpieces will cause them to be engaged by said reciprocatingcarriage, and means for operating the carriage to project the type-barsagainst the platen,substantially as described.

2. In combination, the platen, the guidingframes, havinghorizontally-positioned slots, the series of reciprocating type-barspassing through said slots and converging normally toward the same pointupon the platen, and the springs bearing against the outer bar of eachseries for holding said bars normally together, but permitting lateralmovement of the same while being thrown forward, substantially asdescribed.

3. In combination, the platen, the guiding frames provided withhorizontally-positioned slots, the rows of type-bars when operatedlongitudinally and laterally movable in said slots and convergingnormally toward the same point, the reciprocating carriage, means forconnecting the type-bars with the carriage, and the springs for holdingsaid type-bars normally against lateral movement, substantially asdescribed.

45111 combination the platen, the longitudinally-movable type-barshaving depressible ends and downwardly-extending projections, thereciprocating carriage located beneath said bars, the treadle forreciprocating the carriage, bars 16 carried by the carriage and adaptedto engage the type-bars as they are depressed and project the sameagainst the platen, and bars 16 also carried by the carriage andarranged to return the operated type-bars, substantially as described.

5. In combination, the platen, the longitudinally movable type barshaving downwardly-extendin g projections and depressible finger-pieces,the reciprocating carriage having bars extending transversely beneathsaid type-bars and adapted to engage said projections when thefinger-pieces are depressed, and means whereby the return of thecarriage after printing returns the operated bars to normal position,substantially as described.

6. In combination, the stand, the bed-plate mounted thereon, the rack 15having the vertical segment-guiding frames 15 and 15, the type-barscarried by said frames and radiallyarranged therein, the reciprocatingcarriage, the platen, and means for connecting the bars with thecarriage, substantially as described.

7. In combination, the stand, the bed-plate thereon, the rack 15 havinga horizontallyslotted segment, guiding-frames 15 and 15, the type-barsmounted in rows in the slots of said frames and having depressible keyends, the platen, the reciprocating carriage and bars carried by thecarriage and extending beneath the rows of bars whereby the depressionof any key end will cause the bars of the carriage to engage with andoperate the typebars and the treadle for operating said carriage,substantially as described.

8. The combination in a type-writing 'or type-setting machine with thereciprocating type-bars, radially arranged, the supportingframetherefor, the means for operating the same, and the platen, of the fixedcontrivance 44, the laterally movable contrivance 40 mounted on rods 41and 42 and provided with wall 43 constituting part of said device 44,the ratchet-faced barBl, the pawls 45 and 46 cooperating with said bar31, and connections from said device 40 to the platen whereproject themagainst the platen, and the treadle for operating the carriage and a baror bars 16* for returning the operated type-bars to normalposition,substantially as described.

10. In a type-writing machine of the class referred to, the combinationof a supportingframe 15 removably supported on the bedplate or frame ofthe machine, and containing a series of loose type-bars, horizontallysupported in one or more banks; means for locking the type-bars in placeuntil operated;

a carriage as 16 having segment-bars as 16 and 16 disposed and adaptedto freely move underneath and to cooperate with the typebars, and meansfor operating the said carriage so that the same may be moved toward andfrom the platen, and while so moving throw the type-bars toward suchplaten and return the same again to their normal position in their saidsupporting-frame, substantially as described.

11. In combination, the stand,the bed-pl ate thereon having a suitabletrack for a reciprocating carriage, the type-bars and theirsupporting-frame removably mounted upon the said stand and having areciprocating carriage arranged to run upon said track and toreciprocate the type-bars, and the treadle on the stand havingconnections which automatically engage said carriage when the frame isplaced upon the stand, substantially as described.

12. In a type-writing and type-setting machine, the combination with thehorizontallyreciprocating type-bars and platen, of means for shiftingthe platen in either direction, said means including a main pivotedlever having its rear end connected with the platencarriage and itsforward end in proximity to the keyboard, a bar having one end pivotedto the frame and its other end in connection.

with the platen-carriage-holding device, and a supplemental leverpivotally connected to the main lever and arranged to act upon thepivoted bar and to release the platen-carriage, substantially asdescribed.

13. In combination, the platen, and platencarriage the pivoted leverhaving its rear end connected with the carriage, and its forward endlocated in reach of the operator, the quadrant-scale over which saidforward end travels, the platen-carriage retaining and releasingmechanism, the bar pivoted in the machine-frame and having connectionswith said mechanism, the supplemental lever pivotally connected to saidpivoted lever and a stud on the rear end of the pivoted lever arrangedto contact with the said bar when the main and supplemental levers arepressed together whereby the carriage is released, substan tially asdescribed.

A. MATTESON. In presence of JoHN SHAVER, JOHN OGILBEE.

